On the occasion of “Father’s Day,” deceased businessman Salih Tatlıcı’s wife Nurten Tatlıcı and their son Uğur Tatlıcı made donations to Darüşşafaka Society to support the education of our talented and successful children and young people, , from middle school to college, whose mothers and/or fathers died and who have insufficient financial means.
On account of the donation, the Darüşşafaka Society presented certificates to Nurten and Uğur Tatlıcı.
Support to Education is Our First Priority
“Our parents are the most valuable assets we can have in this world. In our traditions, our fathers are described as the pillars of our homes. It is challenging for the family to survive without a father. The presence of the father gives children confidence, and they feel stronger. I, too, commemorate my late father, Salih Tatlıcı, whose absence I have always felt for 13 years, with great longing and compassion. We are thrilled to have contributed to our Darüşşafaka, which sets an example for institutions, the first well-established non-governmental organization in the field of education in our country, with its 158-year history, which raises children who have lost their parents at a young age, who cannot receive a good education due to lack of financial means, and brings them to life, providing equal opportunities, undertaking such a sacred duty, and adopting the principle of preserving the traditions, on the occasion of ‘Father’s Day’ Uğur Tatlıcı saidregarding the donation.
Darüşşafaka Society
“Cemiyet-iTedrisiyye-iİslamiye” was established on 30 March 1863, upon an imperial order of the Sultan Abdülaziz, by Yusuf Ziya Pasha, Gazi Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Vidinli Tevfik Pasha, Sakızlı Ahmet Pasha, and Ali Naki Effendi. The purpose was to support the education of needy and orphaned children. The society, whose members comprised many Ottoman pashas and intellectuals, constituted Turkey’s very first non-governmental organization in the field of education. Darüşşafaka Educational Institutions has been raising talented young people who do not have good education opportunities as leaders who have adopted universal values, are self-confident, and aware of their duties and responsibilities towards their country and society, with donations from philanthropists since 1863. Darüşşafaka Society also provides non-refundable scholarship support to graduates of Darüşşafaka High School who continue to university. That said, since 2014, there has been a higher education scholarship program for university students who are not Darüşşafaka graduates.
The late businessman Salih Tatlıcı’s wife Nurten Tatlıcı and their son Uğur Tatlıcı donated to the aid campaign organized by UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund), an international charity that works 24/7 to protect children affected by war in Ukraine and neighboring countries, to meet their urgent needs, and to provide them with psychosocial support and access to education.
The biggest victims of wars are innocent children
“War leaves great and destructive traces in human life. It causes many losses of life and property. It creates psychological, economic, and social damage. The biggest victims of wars are innocent children. A world without war, where love and peace prevail, is the right of everyone, but most of all, children. Together with my mother, we always support various international aid organizations for the Ukrainian people and Ukrainian children who are victims of the war. This time, we wanted to support the aid campaign organized by UNICEF for children in Ukraine. On this occasion, it is our greatest wish that diplomatic efforts will be concluded as soon as possible, that the war will end and peace will prevail in the world,”Uğur Tatlıcı saidregarding the donation.
UNICEF – For Every Child
The full form of UNICEF is the United Nations Children’s Fund.It functions under the United Nations. Its main task under that can be expressed as protecting the rights and laws of children, saving them from difficult situations, and providing material and moral support. UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) works for every child’s survival, protection, and development, especially the most vulnerable and marginalized. It has a strong presence in 190 countries, with 156 Country Offices and 34 National Committees. The priority areas where UNICEF continues its work are Education, Child Protection, Social Protection, Youth Participation, and Basic Needs. In addition, when necessary, interventions are made in the fields of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) and Health and Nutrition. In line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child signed by many countries of the world, UNICEF strives to establish children’s rights as permanent, ethical principles and to bring the behavior toward children to international standards in line with children’s rights. Children’s rights is a universal concept used to describe all the rights that all children in the world have from birth, legally or morally, such as education, health, life, shelter, and protection against physical, psychological, or sexual exploitation.
